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      QR codes require something electronic to read them.

      Business cards with plain text and maybe an image require as much tech to put on them as a QR code, a printing press of some kind. Making a nice looking card or generating a QR code requires more tech however.

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          1 year ago

          It does and I agree, but maybe its since I just woke up and I’m short on sleep, I read:

          well known method for putting a business card on paper that doesn’t require electronics: QR codes.

          as:

          We don’t need any electronics at all for any of this

          RFID is silly to put in a card that 99% will forget about and leave behind. QR codes are better as they are just the same ink that goes on it anyways.

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            RFID is silly to put in a card that 99% will forget about and leave behind. QR codes are better as they are just the same ink that goes on it anyways.

            Yeah I think that was the original point the other person was making but it sounded like you were arguing against that. I think we’re all in agreement, a QR code is a cheaper and quicker method of doing the paper>electronic data connection than whatever the tech in this article is describing, unless they can increase storage a massive amount.

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              Yeah I probably just had the wrong tone or read it wrong. I am a fucking mess lately so that’s probably why.

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      Does literally anyone scan an RFID chip from a business card?

      I just… don’t believe that is a thing that happens. Seems like a way to look “high-tech” that an actually high-tech person would never bother with.

      Business cards are for reading a name, title, business name, phone number, email address, and MAYBE a business URL. What the heck are we even doing here.

      Whatever business use is being achieved with these paper RFID tags… if it isn’t for some kind of security gate to prevent shrinkage, a barcode would work just as well and is dead reliable.

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      Sure, just another option I thought would be cool, but yeah I already have a QR code on the back of mine.